Andy and Sue Parlour's Researches of the Jack the Ripper Whitechapel Murders

xvi, 232 pp. This is a concise, clear and highly visual account of the Whitechapel murders, based upon the researches of Andy and Sue Parlour. Andy is related to the first victim, "Polly" Ann Nichols, and he has anecdotes of family history that bring the background alive. New background material is presented on four of the five victims for the first time, and the Parlours feel they have cracked an important code about the murders, revealing a pattern that implicates the Houses of Parliament! Old oral traditions about a royal doctor or the Queen's son being involved are fleshed out with new facts that open up the whole possibility of a royal conspiracy at work.